“Some women, Dahariel said in that same hard tone devoid of any hint of humanity, getunder a mans skin until digging them out makes you bleed.”

“While Dmitri, as the leader of Raphaels Seven, could not accept such a weakness, the mortal hed once been, the one who had loved a woman with a wide mouth and eyes of slanted brown . . . that man u...”

“In my time, he said, they believed in witches. Are you a witch, Honor, that you make me say these things to you? Causing him to rip open wounds that had stayed safely scabbed over for so long that,...”

“Someday, she said in a voice as serene as a high mountain lake, Im going to break your neck. Then Im going to saw it off with a hacksaw so I can take my time. Venoms grin creased his cheeks.I knew ...”

“Fine. But remember, little rabbit, not a word to anyone." He moved close enough that the dark heat of him lapped against her in a quiet threat that made her glad for the blade. "I'm not a nice man ...”

“You refused to fall in love with anyone else, Dmitri. A whisper with the impact of a gun-shot. So I had to come back for you . . . husband.”

“I dont want to be your snack, your chew-toy, your fuck-buddy. Find a vampire to sink your fang into.”

“Someday, she said in a voice as serene as a high mountain lake, Im going to break your neck. Then Im going to saw it off with a hacksaw so I can take my time. Venoms grin creased his cheeks.I knew ...”

“Raphael lifted a finger, tracing it over her cheekbone. She flinched. Not because he was hurting her. The opposite. The places he touched ... it was as if he had a direct line to the hottest, most ...”

“A lady's imagination is very rapid; it jumps from admiration to love, from love to matrimony in a moment.”

“I've always said that idleness dulls the spirit. We have to keep the brain busy, or at least the hands if we don't have a brain.”

“If your workplace was somehow transplanted into the jungle and everyone was forced to survive at a very primitive level, it's safe to say that eventually your boss would rape you.”